Jenks Gillem

Jenks Gillem

Biographical details
Born	(1890-10-06)October 6, 1890 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	November 11, 1951(1951-11-11) (aged 61) Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1910–1912	Sewanee
Position(s)	End, punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919–1922	Birmingham–Southern (assistant)
1923	Howard (AL) (assistant)
1924–1926	Howard (AL)
1928–1939	Birmingham–Southern
1940–1941	Sewanee
Head coaching record
Overall	73–65–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Dixie (1934, 1937)
Awards
3× All-Southern (1910, 1911, 1912) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Sewanee All-Time Football Team

Jennings Frederick "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University (1924–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 73–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a long illness. He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924–1926)
1924	Howard	3–5–1	1–3	T–14th
1925	Howard	6–3	4–2	8th
1926	Howard	4–4–1	2–3–1	18th
Howard:		13–12–2
Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1930)
1928	Birmingham–Southern	3–2–4	2–2–3	14th
1929	Birmingham–Southern	4–4	4–3	15th
1930	Birmingham–Southern	5–4	3–3	T–13th
Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association / Dixie Conference) (1931)
1931	Birmingham–Southern	5–4	2–3 / 4–3	6th / T–12th
Birmingham–Southern Panthers (Dixie Conference) (1932–1938)
1932	Birmingham–Southern	5–3	5–1	2nd
1933	Birmingham–Southern	3–3–3	2–1–3	4th
1934	Birmingham–Southern	9–0	5–0	1st
1935	Birmingham–Southern	2–6	2–5	8th
1936	Birmingham–Southern	4–5	4–3	4th
1937	Birmingham–Southern	6–2	6–1	1st
1938	Birmingham–Southern	4–5	4–3	6th
1939	Birmingham–Southern	3–5–1	2–3–1	T–6th
Birmingham–Southern:		53–43–8
Sewanee Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1940)
1940	Sewanee	3–5	0–1	13th
Sewanee Tigers (Independent) (1941)
1941	Sewanee	2–5
Sewanee:		5–10	0–1
Total:		73–65–10
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Jenks Gillem at Find a Grave